The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE-The receipts were $50 head
The price of Western beef cattle was from
! to t. per Id higher. Northern dressed
were firm at to &C per Id. No fancy lots
offering. Among the sales we note the fol-
lowing; By Aldrich and johnson, three
new-milch cows at $3.50 each and four
choice cows at $50 each; by II. w. Brown,
three mich cows at 500 for the lot; by A. p.
Stone, two mich cows at $50 EACH by |. G.
Libby & Son, ten mich cows and springers
all the way from S25 to $40 EACH by j. S.
Henry, four fancy cows at $500 for the lot;
by William Scollans, two fancy milch cows
at 500 each.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
14,lS3 head. The market was firm at % to
5ic for sheep and g to &c for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were 1928 head.
Quotations were well sustained, Northern
dressed selling at g to &c and Western
live at % to &c per pound.
vEALs.-Receipts, 9iS head The market
was firm, prices ranging at % to &c per 10.
PoULTRY.-The supply of live poultry
was one and one-half tons Mixed lots sold
at 10 to lie and chicks at II to lac per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote Brighton
hides at g. to &c and country lots at to 6lc
per lb caIf-s<ins, &c per lb; sheared pelts,
DC each; lamb skins 30 to 75c each: dairy
skins, II to Doc EACH Brighton talow, % to
&c, and country lots at L. to &c per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PoTAToEs.-Old potatoes have gone out
of market. New Norfolks sell at S1.50 to
1913 and common lots at SOC per bushel or
Sl,25 per barrel
EGGs.-The market is fairly steady Hot
weather has curtaied the demand. Vermont
and New York sell at Is to 174c and choice
Western at 15c per dozen.
CHEEsE.-There has been a decided adj
vance but it has not been entirely held and
the market closes dull, with buying from
hand-to-mouth. Extra Vermont sells at 81 to
Toe, good to choice at to sc, common at
to Sc and extra sage at % to 10lc per pound.
BEANs.-The demand is larger and the
market looks better. Choice pea and me-
dunn beans are chiefly wanted and bring
from S1.S0 to -. Other grades are weaker.
Choice hand picked Pea sell at 81 50 to $500,
Yellow Eyes at S1.4j to Sl.50, do screened
at 81. 80 to 81 80 and Red Kidneys at 81 50
to $40 per bushel.
BUTTER.-The week has been noticeable
for an advance in prices Extra Western
creamery is firm at DE and some brands
| have sold at DC. An increasing proportion
of Western creamery has to be graded as
extra tirstS and tirsts, and a good many sales
are reported at ~ to Die. Extra Northern
creamery is selling well at 23c Best YER
mont dairy lots are selling well at 20c. Fine
| imitation creamery is well sold up at lie.
! Best grades of ladle-pacRed are in demand
at l5c The market is quiet but firm at the
! close. Extra Northern creamery sells at u
| to pc, extra Western creamery at u
| TO 22c, choice do at II to 1Sc, the finest
Franklin county dairy at n to pc, good
! to choice do at IL to zoe, choice Northern
dairy at Is to 1Sc and fair to good do at II
! To l5c per pound.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THERE has been but little change in the
wool market during the week. Many deal
ers say this has been one of the dullest
Julys ever seen in the trade in Boston, and
some houses are said to be offering on the
quiet at less than last weeks quotations.
| The manufacturers are still on the lookout,
! but are buying slowly. The difference
| between their prices and the sellers is too
great and no change in the market can be
expected until some compromise can be
effected; the prevailing opinion, however,
| being that the manufacturers will come up
! in their offers. Ohio Xxx sells at "a to 3jc,
Ohio X at 81 to 33c, Michigan No. l at 81 to
3Sc, Maine supers at i3 to Acc and extra
Western supers at 30 to 35c per pound
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THERE has been good demand for lum-
| Der the past week. The receipts are in
creasing now, as the mills are all at work
| but the stock coming in is quite readily dis
posed of and prices generally are steady.
| Both spruce and hemlock boards have been
in good demand, and clapboardS and laths
are doing well now. Shingles are in very
fair call Car lumber continues in good de-
mand now at full prices. House frames
orders are quite plenty and there is a good
business in large-size dimension orders.
The mills are generally doing fairly well
and prices are being steadily maintained.
We note good business in medium
sized frames and good demand for
dimension lumber. Rough hemlock boards
sell at $1,000 to S1050 and planned do at
S12.50; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $1,000, coarse at $1,000 and
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at $500 and seven-eighths do at
$l1.00; Eastern sawed cedar shingles at
$40 to S3,62l, clear do at $500 to $3,12s, the
best shaved shingles at S5.25, other grades
at 1925 to S4.75 and No. spruce at Sl.25 to
S1.50; extra four-foot spruce clapboards at
S27 90 to 500, do clear at S26 to S2700 and
othergrades at S12 to S2l00; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to 1925; spruce undertioors
at 5000 to $500